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Entries from May 2008

*facepalm*

May 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

For those times when a simple photo won’t do, I offer you the *facepalm* video.

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Tags: Video

Picturing Union Station

May 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Photographers’ rights in the D.C. metro area are seemingly on the wane in recent years. Last summer, a photographer was stopped from taking pictures in the newly redeveloped downtown Silver Spring; the incident led to a mass gathering of area photogs on July 4. (Independence Day, almost appropriately enough.) Since then, it was ruled that [...]

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Tags: News

Animator v. Animation

May 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s not a court case, but it is a fun Flash animation where a stick figure exacts revenge on its creator.

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Tags: Seeds

Scene: Garita del Morro

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Early last month, I took a trip down to Puerto Rico, the first trip there I’ve taken since I was a high school senior. Only today did I finally get around to posting photos from the trip.
This shot leads you into a garita, one of several turrets adorning Fort San Felipe del Morro in Old [...]

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Tags: Scene

Scene: the Golden Gate

May 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

Fewer things are as iconic — or even clichéd — in San Francisco as the Golden Gate Bridge. I spent an extended weekend there, hosted by my friend Clarke who moved out there in December.
While I was there, we did some touristy stuff and of course hung out for a bit in the Castro. I [...]

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Tags: Scene

Abuela, 1905–2008

May 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

As I prepared for a trip out west tomorrow, I got a reminder of my last trip today. Mom called me at the office this afternoon to tell me that my great-grandmother, whose grave illness was the catalyst for our trip down to Puerto Rico last month, passed away this morning. She made it to [...]

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Tags: Life

18 Things

May 21st, 2008 · Comments Off

Courtesy the Mangina Monologues, a list of 18 things gay men should never have.

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Tags: Seeds

Younger than McCain

May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off

The other night, presidential hopeful John McCain appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and said Americans should vote for someone who is “very, very, very old.” To get an idea of just how old McCain really is without looking up his date of birth, why not compare his age to concepts, products and other items younger [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous

Chocolate Starfish

May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off

Finally, an asshole you can eat in public!

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Tags: Seeds

California’s State Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional

May 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The headline pretty much says it all. After a years-long battle, California’s Supreme Court ruled today that the state’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. This makes California the second state to allow same-sex marriages, nearly four years to the day that same-sex couples in Massachusetts were granted the right to marry.
Prior to the 2004 [...]

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Tags: News